Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-009-002
This folder contains materials concerning Operation Aphrodite. Of note is a telegram from General [James Harold] Doolittle to General [Carl Andrew] Spaatz regarding the first Aphrodite mission and the death of Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-009-001
This folder contains materials sent by Emerson G. Johnstone regarding the naval career of Kennedy’s brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-025
This folder contains newspaper clippings concerning various members of the Kennedy family. Also included in this folder is a clipping regarding the United States military and the Bay of Biscay.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-024
This folder contains photographs of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and the launch of the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-006
This folder contains correspondence between Kennedy and various family members. Of note is correspondence between Kennedy and his brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-005
This folder contains materials concerning the bachelor dinner given by John F. Kennedy for his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, at the Harvard Club in New York City.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-039
This folder contains letters from Rose F. Kennedy to her children, in which she updates them on the other siblings' jobs, academic progress, and daily activities.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-020
This folder contains a file folder used for unanswered correspondence to members of the Kennedy family.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-063-003
This folder is part of an addition to the John F. Kennedy Personal Papers received from the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah Cavendish, and consists of a handwritten letter from John F. Kennedy to Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, upon the death of William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (and husband of Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy).
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-001
This folder contains letters and telegrams between Kennedy and various family members. Of note is a list of names, possibly for the wedding of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel. Also included in this folder is a memorandum sent to John F. Kennedy from his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, titled “Recommendations at the Hoover Commission Relating to Veterans.”
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-005-013
This folder contains correspondence between Kennedy and his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, regarding travel plans.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-005-009
This folder contains mainly letters and telegrams from Kennedy to various family members. Of note is a letter from Robert F. Kennedy to his parents written during his trip to Israel and dated April 6, 1948.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-005-006
This folder contains telegrams to Kennedy from family members offering congratulations on his election to Congress, and a copy of Future magazine with an article titled “Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1946.” Of note are telegrams to Kennedy from his grandfather, John F. Fitzgerald.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-005-001
This folder contains letters from President Kennedy to his parents during World War II.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-051
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from France Anderson, Sr. concerning the Kennedy and Anderson families' summer residences in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-043-013
This folder contains handwritten notes and doodles by John F. Kennedy that were collected and transcribed by his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Materials consist of notes written on a flight from Hyannis Port, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C; reminder notes written at his desk; reminder notes written en route to Otis Air Force Base; reminder notes regarding Edward Teller; reminder notes regarding guest lists for future White House events; a news clipping concerning the death of his son, Patrick; condolence letters from United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson and Mrs. Earl Warren regarding the death of Patrick; notes taken during a meeting regarding the Middle East; notes written during an off the record meeting concerning the Supersonic Transport Program; notes taken during a meeting with Eugene Black and Stanley de J. Osborne concerning the Supersonic Transport Program; and notes written during a meeting with United States Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-001-002
This folder contains a genealogical sketch of the Kennedy family and copies of birth, marriage, and death records for members of the Kennedy family, including John F. Kennedy's birth certificate.